After an unusual number of years of being missed by major hurricanes, the US was hit by several large hurricanes in an above-average Atlantic hurricane season in 2017. But as is typical of weather, while the Atlantic had more hurricanes than average, other parts of the world had fewer than average, such that overall for the northern hemisphere as a whole, it was a pretty average year.

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Set up a target on a hard floor. Set a top spinning. See if it hits the target. Do it over and over. That is what hurricanes are like, spinning random objects. We only count them if they hit the US but that is a narcissistic metric.